%0 Journal Article
%A Moch Nur Ichwan, -
%A Arskal Salim, -
%A Eka Srimulyani, -
%D 2020
%F digilib:58253
%I Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
%J Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations
%K Aceh; citizenship; sharia law;  qanun; religious ethnonationalism;  minority rights
%P 1-26
%T Islam and Dormant Citizenship Soft Religious Ethno-Nationalism and Minorities in Aceh, Indonesia
%U https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/58253/
%X This article aims at examining the recent (re)construction of  citizenship in Aceh, which is based on sharia as well as on ethnoreligious  nationalism, and the impact of this (re)construction on  minority rights in the province. Because sharia has become a  cultural, social, political and legal fact in Aceh, the province has  gradually created its own notion of civic belonging, which departs  from national citizenship, defined by religion and protected by  religious ethno-nationalism. It is argued that such religious ethnonationalism  has created what we call dormant citizenship, in which  citizens of Aceh are divided on the basis of religious affiliation  into ‘ummatic citizens’, who are considered as the ‘hosts’ of the  sharia land with their full rights, and non-ummatic citizens, who  are considered as ‘guests’ with only partial rights provided by the  ‘hosts’. We shall also argue that dormant citizenship is a synthesis  between four political traditions: Islamic, ethnic, Indonesian, and  Western. At the end of this article, we shall outline some  conditions that might enable non-Muslims to enjoy much broader  rights.